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patinize

patinize verb: to give a patina to.

Verb

patinize (third-person singular simple present patinizes, present participle patinizing, simple past and past participle patinized)

  1. (transitive) To give a patina to.

Forms of patinize

third-person singular presentpatinizes
present participlepatinizing
past participlepatinized
pastpatinized

Origin of patinize

From patina + -ize.

Questions about patinize

What does patinize mean?
Patinize means to give a patina to.
What part of speech is patinize?
Patinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of patinize?
The past tense of patinize is patinized.

Words near patinize in the dictionary

  1. patinations
  2. patine
  3. patined
  4. patines
  5. patining
  6. patinize
  7. patinized
  8. patinizes
  9. patinizing
  10. Patinkin
  11. Patino

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